Calendar

LEC # TOPICS KEY DATES
Introduction, Optimization Concepts
1

Introduction

Example: Irrigation and Salination

2 Linear Algebra Review Student survey due
3 General Optimization Concepts
4 General Optimization Concepts (cont.) Problem set 1 due
5 Optimality Conditions
6 Optimality Conditions (cont.) Problem set 2 due
Optimization Methods
7 Linear Programming Overview
8 Duality, Linear Programming Solution Strategies
9 Linear Programming Sensitivity Analysis Problem set 3 due
10 Quadratic Programming
11 Differential Constraints Problem set 4 due
12 Nonlinear Programming Algorithms
13 Nonlinear Programming Algorithms (cont.)
Economic Aspects
14 Optimization over Time, Discounting
15 Multiobjective Optimization, Utility, Risk Aversion
16 Supply and Demand, Groundwater Management Team project proposal due
Water Resource Applications/Case Studies
17 River Basin Planning - Screening
18 River Basin Planning - Simulation
19 Real-time Optimization, Dynamic Programming
20 Real-time Optimization, Dynamic Programming (cont.)
21 Capacity Expansion
22 Common Pool Problems
23 Variational and Adjoint Methods, Data Assimilation
24 Review
25 Project Presentations
26 Project Presentations (cont.) Final team report due